Where does “cʼetlʼigeʼ” come from?

cʼetlʼigeʼ (Ahtna) comes from Ahtna cʼ-, from Ahtna ł-, from Proto-Athabaskan *-ɬ — Forms instrumental nouns from verbs.

cʼetlʼigeʼ (Ahtna): flea

Definitions

  1. flea

Ancestry of “cʼetlʼigeʼ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ahtnacʼ-Marks an indefinite possessor; one's. Often appears lexicalized in nouns
2Ahtnał-The ł-classifier, one of four classifiers which obligatorily appear in every Ahtna verb with a variety of purposes. The ł-classifier has the following uses
3Proto-Athabaskan*-ɬForms instrumental nouns from verbs
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *-ɬ →Every word from Ahtna ł- →Every word from Ahtna cʼ- →